沴

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沴 U+6CB4, 沴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CB4
← 河
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沵 →

Translingual

Han character

沴 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水人竹竹 (EOHH), four-corner 38122, composition ⿰氵㐱)

  1. foul and poisonous in confusion
  2. out of harmony

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 613, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17246
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1589, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6CB4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 沴
alternative forms 沵
𣳅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
沴 *rɯːls
趁 *nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
紾 *ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
跈 *nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
殄 *l'ɯːnʔ
抮 *hlɯːnʔ
駗 *rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
珍 *ʔl'ɯn
診 *l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
畛 *kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
疹 *kljɯnʔ
軫 *kljɯnʔ
胗 *kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
袗 *kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
眕 *kljɯnʔ
飻 *l̥ʰɯːd
餮 *r̥ʰɯːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 沴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎計切
Baxter lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/leiH/
Wang
Li 		/lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沴
Reading # 1/1
No. 17083
Phonetic
component 		疹
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		麗
Old
Chinese 		/*rɯːls/

Definitions

沴

  1. (literary, of the flow of water) not smooth; obstructed
  2. (literary) foul and poisonous air; miasma
  3. (literary) out of harmony
  4. (literary) disaster caused by such an imbalance

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

沴

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. effluvium; miasma
  2. malaria

Readings

  • On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、てん (ten)、でん (den)
  • Kun: もこなう (mokonau)
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